I still consider SH 2 a masterpiece. I beat it with a friend about three weeks ago, he's been convinced so much, he's getting his own PS2 copy so he can play again by himself. I felt that James' story should have been told on film years ago. The films did no justice for the games. To qoute two of my friends (the friend that I beat the game with three weeks ago and another friend who I beat the game with about 10 months ago), "if this game was a movie, it would have won awards".